We introduced 90 Shilling, our flagship beer, at our opening party in 1989. For a while, we'd been wondering what would happen if we lightened up the traditional Scottish ale? The result is an irresistibly smooth and delicious medium-bodied amber ale.

Poured a rich dark copper color. Fluffy two inch head. Great lacing. Excellent malt profile. Friends had recommended this several times. Many described it as being very smooth. I very much agree. A tremendous session beer. Nice carbonation enhances the sweet caramel notes. After investing so much time in IPA's this drinks like a cola. That is easy drinking at its finest. Odell is steadily making itself one of my favrite breweries. Good show!!! (447 characters)

On tap a a restaurant in Littleton, CO, it pours a nice amber with an off-white head that leaves a bit of lace. The smell is caramel with a nice dose of fresh hops. The taste is well-balanced with caramel, a hint of bittersweet chocolate, and just enough hop bite. The mouthfeel is nice and it's quite drinkable. I only wish I could find it on tap when I head back to California. (379 characters)

Pours a coper color with tints of 14K gold. Large, puffy off-white head forms on the pour and kicks of some lace as the pint is drained.
Aroma is very biscuity with light citrus and pine cone hop note in the back ground. Minor caramel hints noted.
Flavor has an interesitng dynamic between lush light caramel, fruity notes and a dry sort of toasted bread taste. Solid balance
Mouthfeel - solid balance, light hop bittering provides just enough to stand up to relatively sweet malts.
Drinkability is relaly top notch, relaly solid beer that always make me look forward to the trips to KC where I can get this. (612 characters)

Nose is a little sour and a little spice. Alcohol is in attendance along with dried cherries, copper and ... tomatoes?

Mouthfeel is full but crisp. Starts out like a soft drink (think birch beer) and comes to a close bitter and dry. Nice taste: caramel, roast and toasted flavors mingle. Carbonation and hops leave the tongue in a tingle.

A decent session this would make. Though it may start to sit a bit heavily on the stomach after awhile. While not packed with flavor, this is a very nice go on a sometimes overlooked style. Recommended.

Thanks to my brother for supplying. This beer marks the beginning of a journey into large pile of Colorado brews. Cheers bro! (866 characters)

Appearance has a caramel amber color tan head forms decently thick tight knit lacing around my chalice. Aroma full of toasted malts hints of nut with pine scented hops. Flavor is well balanced nice light roasty character touch of caramel and touch of whiskey character to it uniform flavor is formed nicely. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied even lower carbonation though not flat glides along the palate. Drinkability well I could definitely love this stuff on cask but it's still a great tasting session ale regardless of serving style. (540 characters)

Dark copper/amber color, only a thin head with decent retention, good clarity. The smell is mild, some faint hoppiness and caramel malt flavor present. The taste starts out moderately hoppy, and then the sweet caramel malt comes through in the finish. Not very bitter. Medium thickness. Average carbonation. Not a bad balance of flavors here, the malt was nice but could have been more intriguing. It just didn't taste that "fresh" to me. It's still a fine Colorado craft brew... (479 characters)

Poured tofee/mahogany color wit great clarity. Off white hed kept a 1/4" tight head all the way down with very good lacing

Smell: Fruitiness with fruitcake/bready notes

Taste: Rich fruitiness with slight bitterness on the back of the tounge and throat. Sweet caramel, slight hint of smokiness/dryness and alcohol mix well in the finish

Chewy/yet silky smooty, awesome balance, super carbonation

If I could get this on tap, this would be a front runner amongst my session choices. Good in the bottle, but was almost like a different beer on tap. Tastes more like a scotch ale on draft, Highly reccomended (687 characters)

This is a good drinkable beer from Odell, obtained from my recent travels back home to Omaha. Pours to a dark amber color with a golden hue and a decent carbonation. Head is decent and maintains for most of the drinking experience.

The smell is fairly unimpressive, but it is decent. A bit of sweet caramel maltiness, but not much else other than a feitn herbal hop.

The taste is good. As stated on the label, this is a good mix between a scottish ale and an english pale. Nice and sweet with some great caramelized malt tones. A hint of cider and hops.

The mouthfeel is a bit light and doesn't seem to have much going on in terms of carbonation. Still a good drinkable beer. As a scottish ale it is fairly weak, but as a hybrid scottish ale / english pale, it is really quite tasty. I'm glad I picked it up. (817 characters)

Dark color with medium head, disappearing after a bit.
Smells like malt, a bit fruity and nutty.

Taste has malts, but with a spicey/sweet undertone. At first I thought it would be too malty for me, but it cleared up and ended as a Pale. great drinkability and mouthfeel. A darn good beer. (375 characters)

Well Ill be  maybe Im catching on to the different styles. I made a note that this one seemed to be a cross between Scottish ale and American Pale ale  then I read the label and they say it is! But with a British PA  close enough!

Damn solid brew  clear burgundy pour, topped with a weak ivory head, which did produce some sticky laces. Aroma of semi-sharp pine, herbals and florals, then a quaff of the same qualities, along with a backbone of malt.

Medium bodied, sharp and dry. In my book, the 5.3 % abv makes this one a qualifier for the session book. At least a six-pack afternoon with football (618 characters)

Hazy, mid amber colored beer, white fluffy head, not extremely thick. Nice, chunky lace. Head almost disappears from the top of the beer.
Smells of caramel malt, almost chocolate like, but not that strong. A lovely, sweet aroma.
With moderate carbonation, a strong malt flavor crosses the mouth with just a touch of fruity, citrus hop in the back. Very easy drinking beer, smooth and tasty. As the beer warms, a slight hint of smokiness appears to compete with the hop aftertaste.
Thanks to swid for the hookup on this bottle.

Pours out to a very clear dark amber, forming a good-sized light yellow head with very good retention and very nice lacing. Carbonation is moderate, perhaps a little heavier than I would expect for a Scotch Ale. The aroma is akin to an amber ale, toasty amber grains with mild husk, maybe chocolate malt and probably roasted barley, some herbal hops, clean ferment. The mouthfeel is spritely as well with a brisk carbonation is medium-body. The taste is an echo of the aroma. Uncanny familiarity to Fat Tire, which is right down the road from Odell. I'd be hard pressed to pick out which is which in a blind tasting. This perhaps has more herbal hop character and bitterness and more body, but that same characteristic amber toast note. The finish is slightly dry and the aftertaste is of toast and leather. Belches are hoppy. As it warms, the sweetness of the malts come out.

Well done, but this is certainly not a Scotch Ale. Don't let the bottle fool you. Try this is you like Fat Tire. (992 characters)

Taste is not subduded however nice malty some light molasses mingled with the malt. Some lingering fruitiness mingles with light spice and hops for a pleasant finish. Bottle says its a hybrid Scotch Ale mixed with a Pale that is the way it seems. Flavor leans more to the Scotch side with the Pale lightening it a bit, nice smooth flavorable easy drinking make a hell of a sessions brew wish I could run out and pick up a case.

Mouthfeel is medium nice carbonation some sugary notes as well in the feel.

Drinkability is pretty damn good hell of a sessions brew here. Thanks go to Hometown Sports BIF and ImWithStupid for this treat. (929 characters)

Odell 90 Shilling pours a dark amber/light brown color into my pint glass; this beer is slightly hazy. A 1/4", off-white head forms, then quicly dissipates. Moderate carbonation and lacing. The aroma of this beer is quite restrained; the only thing that comes through is a generically sweet caramelized malt aroma. Hop aroma is negligable.

Fortunately, this beer tastes better than it smells. The initial taste is very sweet and malty, and is nearly all caramel. After that, a mild floral hop taste is prevalent, along with a hint of fruit and a faint roasted flavor. The mouthfeel is full without being heavy, wet without being oily. Finishes clean with a distinct caramel flavor.

Although I'd like to see a little bit more (in terms of ABV/flavor) from a "90 shilling" Scottish ale, this beer is quite enjoyable and is another example of a good crossover craft beer. It's definitely sessionable, and its sheer maltiness makes a nice change from the majority of American craft beers. (990 characters)

Pours a whisky brown with a foamy 2-3 finger dense head. Lace curtains the walls of the Grindstone pint glass. Malt Hop and Yeast combined perfection! Aroma hints of its mellow roasted malts and Goldings earthy hops. As great as it smells it tastes even better. Caramel malt that is so chewy and luscious full body that mingles with Willamette hop bitterness and sweet malt flavor. Well worth the 90 Shillings.

The more I analyze this beauty then more I edit my 4.5 ratings to 5s
Never buy less that 6 of these unless you are sharing with friends. (607 characters)

The 90 Shilling pours from the bottle a dark red amber with a small bubbly head that quickly fades to a ring around my glass. Aromas of rich caramel and toffee meet a nice underlying bready molasses. Dark fruit and brown sugar...big maltiness. Herbal hops peek in and out as well.

First sip brings a wave of burnt caramelly maltiness with hints of bread dough and toffee. Sweet upfront with a herbal hoppiness that brings some bitterness on the way down. Dark fruitiness in the middle with a vague hint of chocolate. A nice, flavorful brew overall.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied and creamy with fast moving carbonation. I wouldn't mind the carb being tuned down a little as it seems to step over the body of the brew. Overall, this is a tasty scottish ale, not one of my favorite styles but I'd say check it out if you dig the scottish ales. Thanks to babydoc for this one. (876 characters)

Had a sampler at the brewery in Fort Collins. Color is a dark amber. Smells fruity and sweet. I would say more on the sweet side like some type of candy. Taste is malty with a nice bitter bite in the aftertaste, also maybe a little bit smoky aftertaste. Overall this is a very nice beer, one of the better ones I had at O'dell's. (329 characters)

Enjoyed on tap, poured into a pint glass, at Kenosha in Breckenridge.
Poured a nice chestnut with a frothy off white head. The aromas were all malt. The flavor followed suit, with a nice mixture of crystal and pale evident. I was a bit surprised with the sharp hops at the end, which detracted from the style somewhat--seeming more like a weak American amber than a tasty Scottish Ale. Good nonetheless. Had the hearty mouthfeel that I remember while drinking through Edinburgh.
Overall, a nice session brew that went well by itself, outside in the summer chill, and alongside some BBQ. (589 characters)

Overall pleasantly sweet & soft ale that gives Fat Tire a run for its money. Its clean flavors make it an easygoing everyday beer. I'd love to try it fresh from the source - on tap of course. Thanks to CRJMellor for this unsolicited gift- quite the gentleman. (703 characters)

Poured a clear dark amber with a big frothy head that lasted for quite a while. Aroma was pretty much non-existent at first, but slight hops and malt became detectable as the beer warmed and the head disappeared. Light and slightly sweet malt flavours with a slight bitter finish. It was a pretty smooth and easy drinking beer and certainly one that you can drink several of without even noticing.. (398 characters)

I liked how this beer looked. It was a deep, deep amber and kept a nice head. The nose was nice, but slightly average. I ordered this beer after two that weren't so good...one that I only got half-way through before stopping, so I hope that didn't skew my review. I like Odell, so probably not. The taste had a good amount of alcohol to it with lots of caramel. I'd definitly order it again. (391 characters)

Appearance is nice clear red amber, with plenty of foam and some lacing. Aroma has grapefruit hops, pine, roasted malt and crackers. Initial taste is of a well proportioned ratio of sweet malt to minty hops that carries through to the finish that contains a toasty/citrus tang. Palate is clean and satisfied. Would be good for a session beer or with food. (355 characters)

Light copper colored with an off-white fluffy head that sinks quickly. Aroma is malty, a little biscuity, slightly sweet, very inviting. Flavor is initially thickly malty, a little chewy, no hop profile. Hints of toffee and sweet fruit, but these are understated. Very smooth, very malty without being overpowering. Smooth and even mouthfeel, moderate to low carbonation. Easy drinking, good session beer. (405 characters)